![]() ![]() But when the Shah dies without having named an heir, the court is thrown into tumult. Iran in 1576 is a place of wealth and dazzling beauty. ![]() In Equal of the Sun, Anita Amirrezvani’s gorgeously crafted tale of power, loyalty, and love in the royal court of Iran, she brings one such woman to life, Princess Pari Khan Khanoom Safavi. They are celebrated in history books and novels, but few people know of the powerful women in the Muslim world, who formed alliances, served as key advisers to rulers, lobbied for power on behalf of their sons, and ruled in their own right. Legendary women-from Anne Boleyn to Queen Elizabeth I to Mary, Queen of Scots-changed the course of history in the royal courts of sixteenth-century England. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() This is the book for initiates and spiritual guides during times of transformation and ascension Book Details The Path of Oneness also includes how to contact the after-life, channel, send attunements and healing energies world-wide and includes connections to the Planetary and Cosmic Rays. It contains unlimited Alpha Omega Healing sessions for humans and for animals, an Alpha Omega Healer Activation attunement (and directions to enable you to heal yourself and others), an Axiatonal Lines Connection (removes veils enabling your full Spirit to manifest), a Higher Self Joy/Bliss Connection, a powerful invocation connecting directly to the Archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Uriel), multiple distant attunements to energy systems, and detailed information about Ascension and the Light bodies. ![]() The Path of Oneness is a compilation of sacred work for initiates on the spiritual path. ![]() ![]() ![]() Reviews arent verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when its identified. As such a reference will be made to the innumerable allusions and intertextuality of other texts, both past and contemporary. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Fiction - 576 pages. Possession in all its manifestations physical, spiritual, emotional is the focus of A S Byatt’s 1990 Booker winning novel. The book is exemplary in representing the tenets of metafiction and postmodernistic handling of the artistic material. ![]() Subsumed under this main rubric are many topics such as the pretensions and even absurdity of the academic interests, the exigencies of criticism and writing biographies, the relation between the past and the present and above all the author’s oblique and sometime overt irony and sarcasm of the secondariness of the whole critical enterprise. ![]() Byatt’s Possession (1990).The author labels this novel as ‘romance’ and indeed it is deservedly so since the main line of action in the book centers on an ardent love affair going on between two academics and their desperate and painstaking attempts to secure a position in the competitive world of the academy, a point the novel is at pains to unravel and finally fulfill. 'The book was thick and black and covered with dust.' It is not a coincidence that the first two words of this remarkable novel are, 'the book.' Possession is a book about books, about the study and love of literature and the intricate obsession with the lives of literary figures shared by academics, historians, and the randomly curious public. The present paper is an attempt to explore the multiple-layered structure of A. ![]() ![]() When danger comes knocking, with the intention of turning her lizard into a high priced fashion accessory, will Renee embrace her foxy side and show a croc she’s got what it takes to be his mate?Īnd will they finally vanquish the evil known as mastermind? Sharp toothed and with ice in his veins, Viktor’s violent side should have sent her running, but instead, she finds the courage to face her fears –and tame the lizard. ![]() Unsure of how to deal with it, Renee latches onto the biggest, baddest, and sexiest, warrior around. The world outside the laboratory was a big scary place. A cold blooded croc, he never intended to settle down, but he didn’t count on a foxy lady warming his heart. Tongue in cheek humor, sizzling moments and a tiny, evil villain await.Ī career military man, Viktor lives for the next mission – and his collection of weapons - but a raid on an experimental lab makes him an unwilling protector, mostly because he can’t peel Renee off. ![]() Warning: An ornery croc discovers he does have a pulse when a hot to trot fox decides to latch on, and never let go. ![]() ![]() "If you want the authoritative biography of Alexander Hamilton, Ron Chernow is the place to go. With flawless writing, brilliantly drawn characters, and epic scope, The Hamilton Affair tells a story of love forged in revolution and tested by the bitter strife of young America, and will take its place among the greatest novels of American history ever written. ![]() Together, the unlikely couple braved the dangers of war, the perils of seduction, the anguish of infidelity, and the scourge of partisanship that menaced their family and the country itself. Elizabeth was the wealthy, beautiful, adventurous daughter of the respectable Schuyler clan-and a pioneering advocate for women. Admired by George Washington, scorned by Thomas Jefferson, Hamilton was a lightning rod: the most controversial leader of the new nation. Hamilton was a bastard and orphan, raised in the Caribbean and desperate for legitimacy, who became one of the American Revolution's most dashing-and improbable-heroes. " - Cosmopolitan Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of legendary characters, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from passionate and tender beginnings of their romance to his fateful duel on the banks of the Hudson River. ![]() ![]() ![]() A New York Times Bestseller and one of the best historical fiction books of 20 " A juicy answer to Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton. ![]() ![]() ![]() Best known for her hand-colored prints depicting the doglike activities of Woof: The House Dragon, she won a Hugo for Best Fan Artist, 1988. What began as a means of paying convention expenses and having fun soon developed into a full-time artistic endeavor. While diligently pounding out a few million unsold words, she gained a certain notoriety among SF fans and space development advocated with her songs about humanity's future in space.ĭuring the beginning stages of writing The Alien Dark (TSR 1990), her first published novel, Diana also tried her hand at whimsical fantasy art. When she discovered science fiction and Star Trek via Star Wars, she not only discovered what she wanted to write, but also an outlet for expression in music and art. Gallagher lives in Florida with her husband, Marty Burke, four dogs, seven cats, and a cranky parrot.Īlthough Diana had always wanted to be a writer, she spent several years teaching kids to ride horses and then spent a few more as a professional folk musician. ![]() ![]() ![]() The debatable question or issue must be open, balanced, focused, and authentic. Studying an extreme historical event like the Holocaust limits the range of choices but formulating a debatable question is based on the same criteria with this subject matter as it is for others. We can even take an argument-centered approach to a unit on perhaps the most undebatable, unspeakable episode of historical evil of the 20th century, the Holocaust. Or if we believe the standards-writers, who, as they continue to want to guide 6th – 12th grade classrooms toward global norms of rigor and authentic college/career preparation for all, continue to elevate the place of academic argument and critical thought throughout instruction. ![]() And we should, if we believe the empirical research on the impact of getting students discussing critically and writing argumentatively about the important topics of study in their classes. We can take an argument-centered approach to almost any unit in the middle or high school curriculum. Never shall I forget those moments that murdered my God and my soul and turned my dreams to ashes. ![]() ![]() ![]() All, from Fatty Arbuckle to John Lennon, are well known, and in each instance the story of their death is retold and the degree to which fame and its entourage played their part in death's final outcome examined. This A-list selection looks in depth at 25 notable murders involving those who live their lives in the full beam of press and media headlights, including film starlets, tv actors, music legends, comedians, fashion moguls, movie directors, playwrights and aristocracy from the start of the twentieth century to the present day. Murder played out in the spotlight of maximum publicity Does celebrityhood preclude a fair trial? Can the famous get away with behaviour off limits to most ordinary mortals? Here in a fascinating diagnosis of the shifting nature of high-profile justice is the fullest ever analysis of infamous and celebrity murder cases that have come to trial. ![]() The Mammoth Book of Celebrity Murders by Chris Ellis Book PDF Summary ![]() The Mammoth Book of Celebrity Murders Author ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite the risks, Grayson's true self itches to break free. The weight of this secret is crushing, but sharing it would mean facing ridicule, scorn, rejection, or worse. ![]() Grayson Sender has been holding onto a secret for what seems like forever: "he" is a girl on the inside, stuck in the wrong gender's body. What if who you are on the outside doesn't match who you are on the inside? Thank you, Ami Polonsky, for creating this memorable character who will open hearts and minds and very possibly be the miracle that changes lives." -James Howe, award-winning and best-selling author of The Misfits Its story is so compelling I found myself holding my breath as I read it and so intimate I felt as if what was happening to Grayson was happening to me. "Tenderly and courageously told, Gracefully Grayson is a small miracle of a book. ![]() ![]() ![]() I make less of a distinction between Judaism and Christianity than many people. No matter the external forms of worship, or lack thereof, my grandparents were Jews, and no more capable of changing their essence than any other pair of mortals. It isn’t an accident that almost all of my close friends are Jewish: our sensibilities align. I didn’t understand how Jewish I was until I moved to New York and married a WASP. KH: Yes, especially as a cultural heritage distinct from that of Protestants or Catholics. YZM: Do you feel any strong connection to your Jewish background now? Right or wrong, they did their best to assimilate. For my mother, and then me, they turned their backs on their religious heritage to shield us from anti-Semitism. Each lost family in the Holocaust as a couple, they abandoned Judaism once they had a child. Not physically threatened, but the object of genuine prejudice with real consequences. ![]() KH: My mother’s parents, two elderly European Jews, had been reviled as Jews all their lives and all over the world: Old and New, East and West. ![]() ![]() YZM: You were raised by your maternal grandparents, who were Jewish, yet you were not raised Jewish and you wrote that you didn’t connect to your Jewish heritage until after you left your grandparents’ home. ![]() |